The former Great Plains Black History Museum (GPBHM) and Nebraska Telephone Company building has plans for a new use. GPBHM, White Lotus Group, and Restoration Exchange Omaha came together to look toward a new development in The Deuce neighborhood. Financial considerations and architectural planning have begun.

The North Omaha Historical Grant Committee has awarded The Deuce tour monies to 1)offer the tour free of cost to up to 500 students/staff in 2015, and 2) design, print, and distribute a map/brochure of the 24th and Lake district to the groups and others.

The Deuce can also cover the cost of transportation for these groups to and from the tour starting point. Please have your school and youth leaders/teachers contact The Deuce to arrange dates and times.

Each third Friday from April thru September The Deuce is teaming with the Washington Branch of the Omaha Public Library to present The Deuce tour. Attendees will receive a ticket good for special offers from Deuce area vendors.

Each Deuce Friday tour will feature a special guest. On April 18 our guest will be Patricia “Big Mama” Givens Barron who will talk food and local history with us.

William O. Wirt was a "wide awake and energetic" businessman in Council Bluffs starting in the 1870s. His store there, the Boston Tea Company, was said to be a full-service grocery store that was completely stocked with everything the early settler would need for their westward travels. Somewhere along the way, he did somebody a favor and likely en

Just like school districts everywhere, Omaha Public Schools has had a challenge serving disengaged students ever since students were mandated to go to school by compulsory school law. In Nebraska, that year was 1887.A picture of students from 1914.Different Types of StudentsInstead of being able to self-select not to attend school, students were now forced t